North Korea displays leader's portrait beside predecessors for first time

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SEOUL — North Korean media have published photographs showing leader Kim Jong-un's portrait hanging prominently next to those of his father and grandfather, in an apparent push to solidify his status as a leader equal to his forebears.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un attends the 19th expanded political bureau meeting of the 8th Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, which was held from Jan 23 to 24, in Pyongyang, North Korea, in this image released by the Korean Central News Agency on Jan 25, 2024.

The photographs, taken at the opening of a new school training cadres for the ruling Workers' Party, showed giant portraits of the three generations displayed on the facade of the imposing structure. Kim told the opening ceremony the location of the school was chosen as it was close to the palace where Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong-Il lie in state, "so that the great leaders can hear every word of even whispering students," the KCNA news agency said.

The Kim family dynasty that has ruled North Korea since its founding after World War Two has sought to strengthen its grip on power by building cults of personality around itself.

 

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